Nine Houses Planned For 'Superfluous' Ryde Demolition Yard

Thursday, 12 December 2024 13:41

By Rufus Pickles LDR

Nine houses could be built on the site of a now ‘superfluous’ demolition yard in the Isle of Wight’s largest town.

Mr N Harrisson of Ryde Demolition Ltd has applied to the Isle of Wight Council to build nine new homes and create a new vehicle access from St John’s Avenue at 17 St Johns Hill in Ryde.

Proposals include seven three bed houses and two, two bed houses along with 16 car parking spaces, green landscaping and domestic gardens.

A Planning Statement drawn up by the town planning consultancy Phil Salmon Planning Ltd on behalf of the applicant said:

“It is clearly a positive project that seeks to provide much needed homes, matched with environmental enhancement, complying with the objectives of urban regeneration.

“The application site, Ryde Demolition, has been operated as a demolition yard and sales since the mid 1980s.

“Ryde Demolition are to consolidate its business at another site at Smallbrook Lane Ryde.

“The St Johns Hill site has become superfluous to its business.”

Highways service provider Island Roads has not objected to the proposals but recommended a Construction Management Plan (CMP) be submitted to the council for approval.

A CMP is a key information document relating to a building project which can be referred to by the project team, statutory authorities and other stakeholders.

Island Roads said the CMP should include measures to stop material being deposited on the highway from site operations including installing and using wheel cleaning facilities for vehicles used in the development’s construction.

It added deposited material should be taken away as soon as ‘practicable’ by the site operator.

Construction and operative vehicles must also be parked, loaded, unloaded, circulated and turned within the site’s confines throughout the construction process.

These conditions were justified on the basis of ‘highway safety’ and to stop mud and dust accumulating on the highway.

A public consultation on the plans will end on January 15 and the council is due to make a decision on January 30.